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Nancy Pelosi Backs Alcee Hastings to Head Intel Cmtee
NewsMax ^ | 7/31/05 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 07/31/2005 11:26:38 AM PDT by wagglebee

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings, who was impeached as a federal judge in 1989, to be vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Time magazine's Joe Klein reported on Sunday.

"There's an ugly fight brewing in the House among Democrats about the House Intelligence Committee, which may have larger implications about the Democrats and national security," Klein told NBC's "Chris Matthews Show." "Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, wants to dump Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat who is a moderate, and replace her with Alcee Hastings," Klein said.

Appointed to the bench by President Carter in 1979, Hastings was impeached and removed from office in 1989 on two counts, perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

The Florida Democrat, an African-American, blamed "institutional racism" for the charges lodged against him.

Hastings was elected to the House in 1992.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; alceehastings; democrats; houseintelligence; impeached; impeachedjudge; nancypelosi
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Appointed to the bench by President Carter in 1979, Hastings was impeached and removed from office in 1989 on two counts, perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

The Florida Democrat, an African-American, blamed "institutional racism" for the charges lodged against him.

This is so typical of the left.

1 posted on 07/31/2005 11:26:39 AM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

LMAO ,,, Good ol' Nancy 2PAC Pelosi... she's a cutup..


2 posted on 07/31/2005 11:33:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: NormsRevenge
She sure is!



3 posted on 07/31/2005 11:35:25 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Fl. The lightning capital of the world!)
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To: wagglebee
Shouldn't intelligence be a prerequisite to serve on an intelligence committee?
4 posted on 07/31/2005 11:35:42 AM PDT by LRS
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To: wagglebee
Why not shut pelosi's water off and save some of the smelt?
5 posted on 07/31/2005 11:35:59 AM PDT by mountainlyons (alienated vet)
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To: wagglebee
Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings

With an IQ that doesn't reach room temperature, Alcee is an excellent choice to serve on the Intelligence Committee.

Nancy's IQ is right up there with Alcee's.

6 posted on 07/31/2005 11:36:15 AM PDT by ElCapusto (For ENGLISH, press one.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Any Democrat having any power at all concerning our nation's security scares the beejeesus out of me. The fact that a nitwit like Nancy Pelosi can name someone like Alcee Hastings to a prominent post shows how far down the slope we've slid as a country. Bad news...actually worse than bad. Incompetents choosing worse incompetents.


7 posted on 07/31/2005 11:36:46 AM PDT by driftless ( For life-long happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: LRS
Shouldn't intelligence be a prerequisite to serve on an intelligence committee?

Why mess up the works with details! ;-)

8 posted on 07/31/2005 11:36:51 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Fl. The lightning capital of the world!)
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To: tiredoflaundry

She looks like the "Runaway Bride".


9 posted on 07/31/2005 11:37:11 AM PDT by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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To: wagglebee
If Pelosi does this, she is even dumber than I think she is, and that's a very high standard to meet. Let's review Hastings' background.

As a US District Judge in Florida, he took bribes from the attorney for two major drug dealers, paid by their lawyer, to give them light sentences. How do we know this? The lawyer who paid the bribes, William Borders, who was also a Past President of the D.C. Bar Association, was convicted of the crime of paying the bribes. He was, of course, disbarred and jailed.

How was it that the man who paid the bribe was convicted, but the judge who received the bribe beat the rap? Anyone who's ever seen Alcee Hastings do his shucking and jiving know the answer. He screamed racism, and he bobbed and weaved. And Alcee beat the rap.

He was then impeached by the House, and convicted and removed from office by the Senate, for being a corrupt and lying judge. The Senate could have also barred him from ever holding any future public office. They didn't because Hastings screamed racism again (because an elderly white judge, the last one impeached, had not been barred from future federal office).

Then, to stick his finger in whitey's eye, Hastings ran for Congress and shucked and jived his way into that position. Now, Pelosi wants to make him the Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee? To put someone who has previously taken bribes in a position of authority into another position where some folks would pay big money for what he might know and be willing to sell? Did I get that right?

BTW, given his background as an impeached federal judge, the proper way to address correspondence to him this way:
The formerly-Honorable, Honorable Alcee Hastings.
Just trying to correct the record and be of service.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "South Pacific" Lesson about Muslims

10 posted on 07/31/2005 11:48:16 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Will President Bush's SECOND appointment obey the Constitution? I give 95-5 odds on yes.)
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Hastings was impeached and removed from office in 1989 on two counts, perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

It is apparent from that statement that Hastings already has all the experience that the democrats seek when it comes to defending our country. He is very good at obstructing.
11 posted on 07/31/2005 11:48:21 AM PDT by adorno (The democrats are the best recruiting tool the terrorists could ever have.)
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To: wagglebee

Being an impeached federal judge is a resume enhancement for the Dems, but for Pelosi the downside is that it makes him overqualified for the Ethics Committee.

So you see the Intelligence Committee makes total sense.


12 posted on 07/31/2005 11:48:31 AM PDT by ter0
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To: wagglebee

All I can say is: "If she for it, I am against it".


13 posted on 07/31/2005 11:52:11 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: wagglebee

Lord help us.


14 posted on 07/31/2005 11:53:28 AM PDT by mombonn (¡Viva Bush/Cheney!)
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To: wagglebee

LOL...this is a joke, right?


15 posted on 07/31/2005 11:54:20 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: tiredoflaundry

that's about it. :) A loser backing a loser.


16 posted on 07/31/2005 11:57:40 AM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever know! :))
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To: kittymyrib

From the party of Truman to this in just one generation. Amazing.


17 posted on 07/31/2005 11:58:35 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: wagglebee

You do realize that if the Donks take back the House of Representatives in 2006, that Nancy Pelosi will be two heartbeats away from the Presidency.


18 posted on 07/31/2005 12:00:40 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: ElCapusto
Nancy's IQ is right up there with Alcee's.

down there?

19 posted on 07/31/2005 12:01:29 PM PDT by Salvey (ancest)
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To: wagglebee

I knew Alcee a wee bit in my Miami daze.

Alcee is a damned friendly fellow but the questions in his past are not without any merit.

He was also stupid to defend Yaweh Ben Yaweh....arguably one of the most prolific of any white hating racist killers ever.

bet most PC freepers don't even know who Yaweh was but they can sure tell you who Roy Killen was in a heartbeat...


20 posted on 07/31/2005 12:01:39 PM PDT by wardaddy
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